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How Americans Became Civic

Virology JournalPublished 1 January 1999
Theda Skocpol, Marshall Ganz, Ziad Munson, Bayliss J. Camp, Michele L. Swers, Jennifer Oser
Citations99
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SJR score0.99
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TL;DR

RNA bacteriophages like Qbeta and MS2 are well known for their high mutation rate, short infection cycle and strong selection against foreign inserts, but natural selection against a ribozyme in the genome of MS2 can be used to quickly identify nucleotides required for self-cleavage.

Abstract

Natural selection against a ribozyme in the genome of MS2 can be used to quickly identify nucleotides required for self-cleavage.

Keywords

Social Sciences